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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · 1d

Bald könnten ALLE Chat-Nachrichten von den Behörden durchsucht werden – selbst ohne Verdacht! Das entscheiden *heute* die Minister*innen. Sag Nein zur Chatkontrolle! Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...

Chatkontrolle stoppen!

Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle...

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · 15d

Looking forward to attend this year's German Social Anthropology Meeting in Cologne next week. Members of our working group participate in P057: "Who is afraid of anti-racism?", P061 "Beyond Condemnations", and P001: "Commoning Solidarities Beyond Differences?" (1/2)

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 18d

💫Reminder💫 Only one week left!

Un/Commoning - Conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

29.09 - 2.10.2025 in Cologne

Go and check out the program
tagung.dgska.de/zeitplan/#ti...

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · 15d

(2/2) Other presentations include P059: "Un/Commoning Migration", P034: "Challenging Universal Rights with the Commons or Uncommons" and P011 "Common(ing) Values and Values In-Common".

See you in Cologne next week!

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 18d

💫Reminder💫 Only one week left!

Un/Commoning - Conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

29.09 - 2.10.2025 in Cologne

Go and check out the program
tagung.dgska.de/zeitplan/#ti...

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Institute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 26

We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025.

See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Jun 10

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

cover of the journal "anthropological theory"

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · Jun 10

"In the process we hear speakers offer commentary. Senegalese prisoner Abdoulaye Niang, for example, calls Europe’s battlefields an abattoir for the soldiers from Africa. Others sang of the war of the whites, or speak of other forms of colonial exploitation."

African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say

African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.

theconversation.com

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Jun 10

New and open access: "Fire is good to think with: Protest as a mode of theorizing". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@anthroglobineq.bsky.social @anthroubt.bsky.social
#RhodesMustFall; #anthropology; #university; #studentactivism

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Apr 21

Happy publication day to Thiago P. Barbosa (@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social), the winner of of our 2023 Dissertation Prize! 🎉
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · Feb 15

Mit diesem "Dossier" ist die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung nun vollends im rechten Kulturkampf angekommen. Wissenschaftlich nicht ernst zu nehmen wegen der selektiven "Quellenarbeit", von der fehlenden wiss. Expertise der meisten Beitragenden gar nicht zu sprechen.
www.kas.de/de/web/gesch...

Postkolonialismus: Angriff auf den Westen

Essays und Debattenbeiträge zu Hintergründen und Auswirkungen der postkolonialen Theorie

www.kas.de

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · Feb 11

Congratulations to Eleanor Schaumann, our group member, for successfully defending her excellent PhD thesis supervised @ksch.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Feb 5

Petition "Aufarbeitung der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte im Koalitionsvertrag verankern" kann hier unterschrieben werden: weact.campact.de/petitions/au...

#kolonialgeschichte #aufarbeitung #koalitionsvertrag

Aufarbeitung der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte im Koalitionsvertrag verankern!

Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Kolonialismus und seinen Wirkungen bis in die Gegenwart stößt in Deutschland auf zunehmendes Interesse. Auf zivilgesellschaftlicher Ebene erforschen lokale Initiativen k...

weact.campact.de

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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · Jan 22

Thanks BBC for this piece about our book on Irawati Karve 💫

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · Jan 19

Irawati Karve: India's trailblazing female anthropologist who challenged Nazi race theories

Irawati Karve, India's first female anthropologist, led a fascinating life that challenged patriarchal norms.

www.bbc.com

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Jan 23

Out now: our conversation about Genetic Ancestry and the Colonial Legacies of Race. Thanks to Ernesto Schwartz-Marin for facilitating the discussion.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/gen...

Frontiers | Genetic ancestry and the colonial legacies of race in genomics: a cross-disciplinary dialogue

links.email.frontiersin.org

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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · Jan 6

Still accepting submissions! ☺️

Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · Dec 13

📢 Call for Papers: We invite submissions for the roundtable "Who is Afraid of Anti-Racism? Intersectional Justice and Inclusive Futures in Anthropology" at the DGSKA Conference (Sept 29–Oct 2, 2025, Cologne). Submit by Jan 15. Details: tagung.dgska.de/en/workshops... @mihiress.bsky.social

Workshops · Roundtables · Labs | DGSKA Tagungswebsite

tagung.dgska.de

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 31

People like me flocked to Berlin because it was ‘poor but sexy’. Those times are over | Fatma Aydemir

Brutal cuts to culture subsidies are about to make the city a welcoming place only for the lazy work of rich kid artists In 2003, Berlin had just woken up from a decade-long fever dream: the Wall had fallen, the city had reunited and the two German…

www.theguardian.com

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Patchwork Ethnography @patchworkethno.bsky.social · Dec 1

🎉We have a contract! @uchicagopress.bsky.social will publish the Patchwork Ethnography textbook. If you're an Early Career scholar, please consider applying to our workshop. We're looking for contributors who can help advance our theorization. Deadline 6 Dec: patchworkethnography.com/events.

Events — Patchwork Ethnography

patchworkethnography.com

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Nov 23

We are proud to announce and congratulate🎉 Sabine Netz for receiving the prestigious Preis der Stadt Bayreuth for her PhD thesis „Staatsbürgerschaft als Ideal und Fiktion" @anthroglobineq.bsky.social

www.universitaere-preise.uni-bayreuth.de/de/stadt-bay...

Sabine Netz holding her prize together with the university president and the mayor of Bayreuth

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Nov 20

Great interview by @violacas.bsky.social on her recent article in anthropological theory. #anthropology #globalinequalities

www.at-commons.com/pub/tnlxpxyc...

On the ethics of talking about illegalized routes with potential migrants: an interview with Viola Castellano

www.at-commons.com

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · Nov 20

Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · May 6

verfassungsblog.de/bitte-keine-... sehr guter und differenzierter Text von Robin Celikates zu den Protesten an der Columbia University und Polizeigewalt

Bitte keine Störung?: Warum die repressiven Polizeieinsätze an US-Unis so gefährlich für die Demokratie sind

In den USA lässt sich momentan in Echtzeit beobachten, wie Universitäten zu Brennpunkten einer politischen Auseinandersetzung werden, in der es um grundlegende Fragen des demokratischen Zusammenlebens...

verfassungsblog.de

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Apr 28

www.zeit.de/campus/2024-...

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Apr 14

I had the opportunity to organize my first ever writing retreat for the wonderful Global Inequalities Working Group at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth (@anthroglobineq.bsky.social). I couldn’t have wished for a more kind and generous group to do this with!

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Apr 14

It was great working with you, thanks a lot! What a beautiful weekend - in all kinds of ways…

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Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Apr 9

Werner Schiffauer www.maecenata.eu/2024/04/03/o...

Observatorium 75 – Die Eskalation der Gewalt im Nahen Osten und das Zusammenleben von Juden und Muslimen in Deutschland – Maecenata Stiftung

www.maecenata.eu

Katharina Schramm @ksch.bsky.social · Apr 8

Nancy Fraser‘s interview in FR: www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...

Nancy Fraser über Ausladung von Uni Köln: „Wird der deutschen Wissenschaft erheblichen Schaden zufügen“

Die renommierte Philosophin Nancy Fraser über ihre Ausladung von der Universität zu Köln, die deutsche Verirrung im Umgang mit Israel und die Empörung in den USA

www.fr.de